2013-05-23T16:15:18-04:00 http://archinect.com/news/article/60399016/emotion-and-mapping-museum-experience Nam Henderson 2012-10-31T10:54:00-04:00 >2012-10-31T17:48:07-04:00 <img src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/wg/wglx8ved32fwsgnx.jpg" width="514" height="317" border="0" title="" alt="" /><em><p>eMotion researches the museum-going experience experimentally. At the heart of the project is the investigation of the psychogeographical effect of the museum on the museum visitor.</p></em><br /><br /><p> Over the weekend, Dorothy Spears reported on the work of the German Martin Tr&ouml;ndle, whose research into the experience of the museum-goer, has had some surprising results. Using a combination of GPS tracking and sensors which gathered various physiological reactions, the <a href="http://www.mapping-museum-experience.com/en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">eMotion</a> project came to the conclusion "<em>How much museum goers know about art makes little difference in how they engage with exhibits</em>". Tr&ouml;ndle also learned that "<em>solitary visitors typically spent more time looking at art and that they experienced more emotions</em>". One wonders how this sort of research, pairing sensory data to spatial layout and other factors, could be applied in architecture/design, in terms of refining/testing or iterating building plans, rooms layout etc...</p>